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Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Canterbury Christ Church University - UCAS

Course summary

Get ready with a foundation year and learn the foundational skills and knowledge to complete a full Honours degree. You'll be able to embark on this qualification without meeting the level 3 entry requirements, giving you the opportunity to study at degree level through this four year course. Study Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University and turn your passion for storytelling into an employable skillset. Whether you want to write novels, poetry, screenplays, or work in media, publishing or marketing, this course will give you the tools to craft your written voice and build a career with words. What you’ll learn

  • Create original work across a range of genres, from fiction to poetry to screenwriting.
  • Analyse literature to sharpen your craft and understand how writing works.
  • Explore the business side of writing, from publishing to freelance career paths.
  • Build a portfolio of creative and professional writing to showcase your versatility.
  • Develop your unique voice and writing style with feedback from published authors.
What’s more, you’ll learn in a supportive, creative community where your ideas matter. You’ll explore fiction, poetry, screenwriting, creative non-fiction, and digital storytelling, as well as studying how great writing works. You’ll also join a lively writing community, with opportunities to gain valuable industry experience, including volunteering to help run our Writing Comes Alive and Live Literature events, or working on our student Creative Writing Magazine, Readable. You can also get involved in the creation of our Graduate Anthology and attend our annual residential Writing Day. If you’re searching for a creative writing degree, this course gives you both creative freedom and career-focused direction. Location This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

Modules

For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website. https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/creative-writing-with-foundation-year


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
W803
Institution code:
C10
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/applying/entry-requirements


Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

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Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Canterbury Christ Church University - UCAS